May 2012 Blog Posts (214)

This ad campaign for Plant for the Planet is totally original and eye-catching! Communications firm Leagas Delaney Hamburg developed the campaign to increase awareness and to help in fundraising for the non-profit group, which focuses on lowering CO2 emissions levels in the world and encourages the transition to 100% renewable energy.

The foundation of…

Award-winning photographer and experienced animal trainer Carli Davidson is back with a brand new series called "Fetch" that explores the movement of dogs. In these fantastically fun photos, Davidson wanted to show how dogs' "play and prey" instincts emerge when they attempt to fetch objects in mid-air. "It’s amazing to watch the…

The work by artist Erika Iris Simmons is a collection of faces and figures that grow out of recycled materials, reconfigured musical notes, and the negative space that results from these shapes. Simmons started out as a face-painter at Universal Studios and then went on to study makeup design. She says, “I became fascinated with books about perception and cognition. I think…

A few years ago, we featured artist Alexandra Pacula's dizzying oil paintings and now we're pleased to announce her new show at Mighty Tanaka gallery in Brooklyn, New York starting May 11. Called Shifting Perspectives, expect to find new work by the artist including a 10 panel…

Brooklyn-based Italian photographer Andrea Galvani took to the frosty mountainous regions of Austria, Switzerland, and Italy, reaching altitudes of about 2800 meters, for his photo series entitled The Intelligence of Evil. The works depict a snowy, white expanse cut by a cloud of black smoke emitting from the figure of a man in a charcoal suit. The surreal imagery gives the…

We come across traffic signs everyday that dictate demands, "STOP" being the most aggressive. Instead of feeling antagonized, the STOP Project by Changing Lines seeks to embrace visual and typographic creativity, all while putting a smile on your face with their redesigns of stop signs. By adding a few words, they redefine the text in a humorous, lighthearted fashion with…

Based in Copenhagan, international architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group, aka BIG, has released its conceptual plans for an innovative residential complex in South Korea. The project known as Cross # Towers is set to be part of the Yongsan master plan in the developing Yongsan International Business District in Seoul.

The structure, whose design mimics the hashtag symbol (#), includes two…

Megan Matsuoka made this poster as part of a self-imposed challenge called 100 Posters in 100 Days. "To boost my creativity, practice my design skills, and learn to not over think too much - I've set myself a goal to create a 100 Posters in 100 Days," she says. "I have chosen to use inspirational…

Astronaut André Kuipers took this incredible shot of May 5th's Supermoon from the International Space Station. The moon appears to be squashed or sinking (depending on your own interpretation). According to…

Chances are that you or someone you know went to see Joss Whedon's The Avengers movie this past weekend. According to studio estimates, the blockbuster earned an incredible $200.3 million domestically, making it the biggest movie debut of all time! In fact,…

These tiny little feet are so cute! In the series Stone Footprints, Scottish photographer Iain Blake places these cheerful stones in fun footprint patterns and paths across his compositions. By adding just five tiny stone “toes” to a larger stone, the inanimate objects become alive with emotion and personality. The playful collection evokes a sense of family and community, sparking a…

Drawing and ceramics artist Molly Hatch creates work that combines her interest in historic trends with a mix of contemporary styles, designs, a sense of humor, and a bit of pop culture. In these pieces that she calls plate paintings, historic source imagery from MFA Boston and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC are her inspiration. Each plate contains an intricate drawing that, only when…

Artist Vanessa Prager will be exhibiting a new body of work starting May 10 at Jenkins Johnson Gallery in San Francisco. Prager first caught our attention last year, as we became captivated by her…

Remember Traer's Scott's heartbreaking portraits of shelter dogs? Tucson, Arizona-based photographer Michael Kloth had a similar idea when he shot these incredibly sweet photos of shelter cats. Judging from this statement, it seems as though his heart is in the right…

Fragile Future III is a light sculpture created by Ralph Nauta and Lonneke Gordijn of Studio DRIFT, in collaboration with Carpenters Workshop Gallery. Each of the limited edition pieces consist of functioning technology and bright illumination combined with nature. According to the project description, the piece "tells the story about the amalgamation of nature and…

If you looked out your window last night you experienced the biggest and brightest full moon of the year. We're going to venture to say that this year, the most gorgeous photo of last night's Supermoon you will see is the one above, taken by Flickr photographer

Don Kittle. It shows birds silhouetted against…

In many of these Starry Night installations by photographer and installation artist Lee Eunyeol, it looks like the core of the earth is cracking open and brilliant lights from below are gradually rising to the surface. The Korean artist creates these elaborate light installations that feel as if he has turned the sky upside down and placed the stars into…

Black and white is classic and can be quite beautiful, but there's something about a burst of color that has the ability to surge a wide range of emotions. Kansas City-based artist Anne Lindberg works with multicolored thread to create radiant installations that are a feast for the senses. Each site-specific installation uses several miles of thread, whose ends are stapled to the…

Japanese artist Mika Aoki embraces the dichotomous nature of glass's solidity yet fragility. She says of the translucent material: "Unless light shines on it, we can’t confirm the existence of it because it is transparent. But once the light shines on it, glass truly emanates a special presence." In her series of works titled Singing Glass, the artist presents glass morphed…

Peter Callesen can turn an ordinary sheet of white paper into a brilliant story. His delicate installations involve the transformation of flat sheets into cut and folded figures that grow from the paper and fill the 3D space.

Callesen says, “It is probably the most common and consumed media used for carrying information today, but we rarely notice the actual materiality. The thin…